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" I have great hair because I take a lot of vitamins. "

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" I have this tough exterior, but inside, I'm very mushy and soft. "

" I have a great career, and no matter what I am doing, a big blockbuster movie... or my small documentary, David Letterman will call and say I would like you to sit on my couch. "

" I get bored in Hollywood. "

" Therapy is not a 'white thing.' It's a clinical thing. "

" Don Cornelius gave me an incredulous look regarding my accent. I lessened it; he gave a nod of approval. Instantly, I felt ashamed. I had made my first conscious effort not to sound ethnic. "

" You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you. "

" In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it. "

" I did not try to conform to anybody's ideal of what a Latin celebrity or movie star should be. I took a lot of hits for it. "

" I had a ball on 'Soul Train.' "

" As far as a Latin explosion, I'm sorry, I'm the only Latino who's going to say it, but there is no Latin explosion. I'm sorry. Four or five top box office people do not make it an explosion, and it's disgusting to me that people will perceive it that way. "

" Don Cornelius did not want to see how I really danced - I was doing hip-hop, and it was foreign to people out in California. They only knew about popping and locking, so they were not keen on hip-hop dancing. "

" You have to believe in yourself. You need to have the audacity to be great. "

Believe In Yourself

" As an actor, you may do things that aren't politically correct. Unless you're an actor who only does things for political reasons. I believe if we don't do the good, bad, and the ugly, we're not going to progress. "

" I was a ward of the state, initially, and then in the foster care system for quite some time, even though I did live part-time with my aunt in Brooklyn. "

" I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward. "

" Face dance means you don't know what the hell the rest of your body was doing but your face is fierce. That's face dancing. "

" I like the cold weather better than the hot weather. "

" The racism, the sexism, I never let it be my problem. It's their problem. If I see a door comin' my way, I'm knockin' it down. And if I can't knock down the door, I'm sliding through the window. I'll never let it stop me from what I wanna do. "

" I used to get recognized quite often as being a 'Soul Train' dancer. Quite often, which was great at times but sometimes was not so great. Especially, back at college, it was not so great. It was pretty tough. "

" In Broadway, we do love jazz hands. "

" I didn't appreciate Brooklyn until I left it. "

" We all like indie directors - heck, I even married one... but we're divorced now. "

" I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn't really want to look at. "

" Van Gogh cut off his ear for his art. I'm not tryin' to cut off my ear. I'm not humiliating myself. "

" My first TV experience, it was so bad. I just didn't feel a creative atmosphere. I felt like we were just pawns to deliver lines. Everyone was telling me that's just television. I said, 'OK, I'm going to stay far away from television! "

" I don't watch TV series, but I watched 'Friday Night Lights' because I'm a sports head. "

" It's disgusting how much I laugh during the day. "

" Puerto Ricans are United States citizens, and I think that the issue of statehood or independence needs to be addressed and needs to be resolved. "

" In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don't want the spotlight on me. "

" I'm a lucky gal. "